Papers by Elisabetta Colla
EAST & WEST. Culture of Colour and Light in Architecture
Introduction of the book East & West. Culture of Colour and Light in Architectur
When the Emperor Is a Woman: The Case of Wu Zetian 武則天 (624– 705), the “Emulator of Heaven”
A Companion to Global Queenship
This collection brings together case studies of premodern queenship in a truly global comparative... more This collection brings together case studies of premodern queenship in a truly global comparative context, highlighting the vitally important place that women occupied at the heart of the realm.
When the Emperor is a Woman
Thinking Colours Thinking Colours
O nosso proposito e reflectir objectivamente sobre a questao da identidade e da diferenca entre a... more O nosso proposito e reflectir objectivamente sobre a questao da identidade e da diferenca entre a China e o Cristianismo, tomando como ponto de partida a obra de Jacques Gernet “Chine et Christianisme”. Ao analisar o confronto e o conhecimento a que a cultura europeia e a cultura chinesa foram sujeitas, nos secs. XVI-XVIII, tentaremos de analisar a origem do equivoco de base que nos leva, ainda na nossa era, a nao perceber a fundo o mundo chines. Para este efeito, pretendo analisar a experiencia historica da missionacao na China, protagonizada pela Companhia de Jesus, no intuito de evidenciar como a procura das semelhancas nos leva por vezes a criar malentendidos e a construir falsas identidades. Podemos afirmar com alguma seguranca que, apesar de vivermos num mundo cada vez mais globalizante, estas circunstâncias permanecem identificaveis e perceptiveis,e que os equivocos e friccoes culturais entre o Ocidente e o Oriente nao pertencem apenas ao passado, fazendo parte integrante da ...
Zheng Yangwen, China on the Sea: How the Maritime World Shaped Modern China. Leiden – Boston: Brill, 2011. 362 pp. Bibliography, Index. € 149.00 (HB). ISBN 978-90-04-19477-9. € 141.00 (E-Book). E-ISBN 978-90-04-19478-6
Monumenta Serica, 2017
Trained as economic historian, with a special focus on Ming–Qing maritime trade culture, Zheng Ya... more Trained as economic historian, with a special focus on Ming–Qing maritime trade culture, Zheng Yangwen has shown a particular interest in the dynamics of historical processes such as the circulatio...
This paper will give a brief account on Macau and Nagasaki at the end of 1590s as described by th... more This paper will give a brief account on Macau and Nagasaki at the end of 1590s as described by the Florentine Merchant Francesco Carletti in his Codex 1331 (T.3.22) preserved in the Biblioteca Angelica in Rome is a XVIIth Century Manuscript, also known as Ragionamenti del mio viaggio intorno al mondo, is the relate about the first private circumnavigation.
The Portuguese presence in Japan in the 16th and 17th centuries : 1st International conference : 5th and 6th December, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (National Museum of Ancient Art), Lisbon-Portugal
Thinking Colours: Perception, Translation and Representation
ABSTRACT The essays collected into this volume are organized into five interrelated sections expl... more ABSTRACT The essays collected into this volume are organized into five interrelated sections exploring discourse on the interaction between sensation, perceptions of colour and the various forms of their cultural representation. The contributors analyse aspects related to colour ‘labelling’, its mediation and representation, consider traditional and new approaches to colour, and explore the cultural productivity of colour across different fields. Colour is presented within a conceptual framework that fosters alliances between the humanities and the social and natural sciences. Part I is dedicated to studying colour from a cognitive perspective, while Part II contains essays dealing with issues surrounding the translation of colour lexicons and covers topics such as the Chinese qing macro-colour category and colour metonymy in advertising. The papers grouped together in Part III explore the negotiation that occurs between colours and literature in a masterpiece of Chinese literary criticism Wenxin Diaolong (The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons) by Liu Xie, colour metaphors in Homeric epics, and finally the interpretation of colour in modern Portuguese youth novels. This is followed by Part IV, which examines the use of colour in the visual arts. The studies in Part V emphasize the usage of colour and colour preferences within different cultural and social environments, including peculiarities in design and architecture and the symbolism of colour in tourism. Many of the questions addressed throughout this volume stem from the dialogic interaction among the contributors representing various different fields of research. Two particular aspects are present throughout the volume and will have a profound effect on the reader, namely that the categorization and the interpretation of colour are a priori emotional and vary from culture to culture. Colour names have their own “cultural memory” and references; they can either “remember” or “forget” some notions relevant to the speakers’ cultural tradition. Second, as a cultural puzzle, colour produces very strong associative and symbolic meanings, thus ensuring it remains a strong semiotic resource and a powerful instrument for conveying and communicating meaning.
大明國圖志 : 羅明堅中國地圖集 = Atlas da China de Michele Ruggieri = Atlas of China by Michele Ruggieri
Atlas of China by Michele Ruggieri Rui Lourido was part of the working time of the trilingual edi... more Atlas of China by Michele Ruggieri Rui Lourido was part of the working time of the trilingual edition (Chinese, Portuguese, English) of “Atlas da China” by Michele Ruggieri. He work was translater for English edition from the original in Italian and Latin and based on the 1993 edition of “Altante della Cina di Michele Ruggieri, S.I”, from the collection of “Libreria dello Stato”. Michele Ruggieri (XVI century) left Italy for Macau, where he studied Chinese language and culture, opening the door to exchanges between the West and the East, He continued the pioneering work of the Portuguese in Macau, who adopted the Chinese language and customs and were elements of intercultural dialogue between Portugal/Europe and China. Ruggieri Introduced geographical characteristics in Europe of China through graphics, illustrations and a detailed description. These works played a vital role at the time, as © Chan Ieng Hin/2012.12.28 ‘Tamincvo’ in Michele Ruggieri's Atlas of China - Collection of the National Archives of Rome, Italy helped Europe to have a more understanding vast and detailed of what it was China
2 When the Emperor is a Woman: The Case of Wu Zetian 武則天 (624–705), the “Emulator of Heaven”
When the Emperor is a woman: the case of Wu Zetian 武則天 (624-705), the ‘Emulator of Heaven’
A Companion to Global Queenship, 2018
This collection brings together case studies of premodern queenship in a truly global comparative... more This collection brings together case studies of premodern queenship in a truly global comparative context, highlighting the vitally important place that women occupied at the heart of the realm.
Bulletin of Portuguese Japanese Studies, 2008
This paper will give a brief account on Macau and Nagasaki at the end of 1590s as described by th... more This paper will give a brief account on Macau and Nagasaki at the end of 1590s as described by the Florentine Merchant Francesco Carletti in his Codex 1331 (T.3.22) preserved in the Biblioteca Angelica in Rome is a XVII th Century Manuscript, also known as Ragionamenti del mio viaggio intorno al mondo, is the relate about the first private circumnavigation.
Revista Lusofona De Ciencia Das Religioes, Oct 23, 2013
A Igreja começou missionária. A idade religiosa das missões abre-se com as viagens de S. Paulo. A... more A Igreja começou missionária. A idade religiosa das missões abre-se com as viagens de S. Paulo. As missões brotam com naturalidade no solo da Igreja em geral e das Ordens em particular e alimentam-se do mandato expresso do Evangelho. Esta característica marcou-a ao longo dos vinte séculos da sua existência. As religiões pertencem historicamente ao mundo dos impérios e à sua economia psicológica interna. O Cristianismo foi um dos factores essenciais da expansão. Entre nós, impondo e estruturando novos valores, a Igreja foi um dos agentes responsáveis pela criação do Império Português. Da adaptação ao confronto construíram-se realidades políticas, sociais e culturais que ainda hoje predominam.
“Animism, Magic and the Omnipotence of Thought”: Ritualistic Artefacts and Mourning Mediation in Imperial China
The Cultural Work of Trauma, 2012
Thinking Colours: Perception, Translation and Representation
The essays collected into this volume are organized into five interrelated sections exploring dis... more The essays collected into this volume are organized into five interrelated sections exploring discourse on the interaction between sensation, perceptions of colour and the various forms of their cultural representation. The contributors analyse aspects related to colour ‘labelling’, its mediation and representation, consider traditional and new approaches to colour, and explore the cultural productivity of colour across different fields. Colour is presented within a conceptual framework that fosters alliances between the humanities and the social and natural sciences. Part I is dedicated to studying colour from a cognitive perspective, while Part II contains essays dealing with issues surrounding the translation of colour lexicons and covers topics such as the Chinese qing macro-colour category and colour metonymy in advertising. The papers grouped together in Part III explore the negotiation that occurs between colours and literature in a masterpiece of Chinese literary criticism W...
Books by Elisabetta Colla
Kunsttexte, 2020
Edited by Iside Carbone and Helen Wang.
The papers collected in this thematic issue “Asia
Collec... more Edited by Iside Carbone and Helen Wang.
The papers collected in this thematic issue “Asia
Collections outside Asia: Questioning Artefacts,
Cultures and Identities in the Museum” were first
presented at a well-attended and lively panel on 2 June
2018. The event was part of the international
conference "Art, Materiality and Representation"
organised in London by the Royal Anthropological
Institute of Great Britain and Ireland in cooperation
with the British Museum and SOAS (School of
Oriental and African Studies), University of London.
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Papers by Elisabetta Colla
Books by Elisabetta Colla
The papers collected in this thematic issue “Asia
Collections outside Asia: Questioning Artefacts,
Cultures and Identities in the Museum” were first
presented at a well-attended and lively panel on 2 June
2018. The event was part of the international
conference "Art, Materiality and Representation"
organised in London by the Royal Anthropological
Institute of Great Britain and Ireland in cooperation
with the British Museum and SOAS (School of
Oriental and African Studies), University of London.